Kat: In Our Own Words

Kat caught polio at 14 months old. She was on an iron lung and wore leg braces until she was 5. She always had some breathing issues and skinned more knees than any other child from tripping over nothing! She became a special education teacher and taught on 3 continents for 30 years before retiring. She has a wonderful daughter and a fantastic husband. At 50 the falling and breathing issues became more frequent and Kat found how misunderstood polio and the late effects of this virus really are. At 60, her breathing issues became so significant she got a power chair, a service dog and had to go on a ventilator (certainly an upgrade from an iron lung). A virus that she recovered from as a toddler has forever changed her life. Life on a ventilator. . . . THIS is what a virus is capable of.